December 07, 2011 2:45 pm ET filed under Blog
Defense Department Witness Declines To Answer Rep. Lungren: "I'm Not Going To Aid And Abet" Al Qaeda's Propaganda Efforts
November 30, 2011 1:07 pm ET filed under Blog
Rep. Gohmert Makes Up Border Security Facts
November 16, 2011 3:38 pm ET filed under Blog
Rep. Gohmert Suggests DHS Working Group Is Run By Muslim Brotherhood
September 27, 2011 4:23 pm ET filed under Blog
Rep. Peter King Planning Yet Another Hearing On Muslim Radicalization
July 29, 2011 3:13 pm ET filed under Blog
Rep. Peter King Doubles Down On Failed Muslim Radicalization Hearings
July 22, 2011 11:30 am ET filed under Blog
Strike Three? Rep. King's Latest Hearing Takes Another Swing At American Muslims
June 02, 2011 3:12 pm ET filed under Blog
Rep. Steve King To Workers: Your "Labor Is A Commodity Just Like Corn Or Beans"
May 17, 2011 4:31 pm ET filed under Blog
Santorum: Sen. McCain "Doesn't Understand How Enhanced Interrogation Works"
May 12, 2011 11:10 am ET filed under Blog
Sen. McCain: Torture Did Not Lead Us To Bin Laden, And It Undermines Our National Character
May 09, 2011 10:19 am ET filed under Blog
Fact Checking The Sunday Shows - May 8, 2011
May 09, 2011 9:51 am ET filed under Fact Check
Fact Checking The Sunday Shows - May 8, 2011
The right wing deployed its war-on-terror heavy hitters to Sunday's political shows to proclaim that waterboarding — or "enhanced interrogation" — was what got us to Osama bin Laden. Former Vice President Dick Cheney (R) said those methods got us "the early leads" while his daughter Liz claimed CIA Director Leon Panetta credits the bin Laden intelligence to harsh interrogations, Rudy Giuliani (R-NY) insisted they played "a significant role," and former Defense Sec. Donald Rumsfeld (R) said "it's clear" that the interrogation program "worked." But the pro-torture right protests too much; there's no evidence "enhanced interrogation" led us to bin Laden, and Panetta's comments were not so clear-cut as Liz Cheney claimed. Meanwhile, on CNN, former Rep. Tom Davis (R-VA) misled viewers about Democratic debt-reduction plans and claimed — wrongly — that the Bush tax cuts haven't helped the wealthy or hurt the rest of us.
May 05, 2011 5:20 pm ET filed under Blog
Sen. Inhofe Flip-Flops On Graphic Photos, Calls Bin Laden Decision "Garbage"
May 04, 2011 12:30 pm ET filed under Blog
Rep. West On Bin Laden Killing: Obama "Should Think About Giving Back That Nobel Peace Prize"
May 04, 2011 9:02 am ET filed under Blog
Attention Peter King: Muslim American Orgs Welcomed Bin Laden's Death
May 03, 2011 11:32 am ET filed under Blog
Condoleezza Rice: Bush's Bullhorn Speech "Probably The Most Important Moment Maybe In American History"
May 02, 2011 1:42 pm ET filed under Blog
FLASHBACK: Bush Insisted U.S. Needed "To Be Invited" To Pursue Bin Laden In Pakistan
March 10, 2011 3:56 pm ET filed under Blog
Why Rep. Peter King Is Wrong To Say That His Opponents Overreacted
March 10, 2011 9:03 am ET filed under Blog
The King Muslim Radicalization Hearings Explained
March 10, 2011 8:17 am ET filed under Blog
Top 10 List: The House Homeland Security Committee's Islamophobia
March 09, 2011 5:10 pm ET filed under Blog
Will Arrest Of Alleged Neo-Nazi Bomber Affect King's Hearing On Muslim Radicalization?
March 09, 2011 2:08 pm ET filed under Blog
Rep. Frank Wolf, Witness In Peter King Hearing On "Radicalization," Helped Kill Effective Counterterrorism Program
March 06, 2011 2:39 pm ET filed under Blog
Rep. Peter King Prefers Anecdotes To Data
March 03, 2011 2:07 pm ET filed under Fact Check
Zuhdi Jasser: Rep. Peter King's Conspiracy-Touting Credential-Free Star Witness
Rep. Peter King plans to begin hearings on March 10 to investigate the "radicalization of the American Muslim community," allegedly with the aim of shining a light on the supposed failure of America's Muslim communities to cooperate with law enforcement officials investigating terrorist plots. His star witness is Dr. M. Zuhdi Jasser, a physician and former U.S. Navy medical officer with no background in law enforcement or public policy. What Jasser lacks in expertise, he makes up for in ties to right-wing media figures, appearances in documentaries that have been rejected by PBS and the New York Police Department, and a willingness to call Muslim civil rights groups with which he disagrees "fronts" for the Muslim Brotherhood.
February 28, 2011 5:00 pm ET filed under Blog
Rep. Peter King Planning To Conduct Muslim Radicalism Hearing By Anecdote
February 28, 2011 4:14 pm ET filed under Fact Check
Rep. Peter King To Call Glenn Beck's Favorite Muslim To Testify On Muslim Extremism In America
Rep. Peter King (R-NY) has said that Zuhdi Jasser, who professionally fear mongers about the dangers of "American Islamist organizations," will be the star witness at King's upcoming hearings on Muslim radicalism in the United States. King is not the only right-wing figure to tout Jasser: Glenn Beck has declared Jasser "one Muslim that we were all searching for after 9-11" and "a voice that I trust." Moreover, in recent days, Glenn Beck has called upon Jasser to help push his theory that the uprisings in Egypt were the result of communists and Islamists engaged in a conspiracy to create a Marxist revolution or an Islamic caliphate. Even many conservatives have rejected Beck's claims as "delusional," "wacky," and evidence that Beck is "out of control."
February 22, 2011 11:02 am ET filed under Blog
Rep. Peter King Complains That He Is Under "Attack"... From Peaceful Pray In
February 16, 2011 1:03 pm ET filed under Blog
Rep. Peter King Says It's "Unfortunate" That American Muslims Feel "Under Siege"
February 14, 2011 2:57 pm ET filed under Blog
Rep. Broun Wonders Why TSA Doesn't Pat Down More "Arabian" People
February 08, 2011 3:48 pm ET filed under Blog
Rep. Peter King: "I'm Not Going To Dilute The Hearings By Including Other Extremists"
January 26, 2011 12:06 pm ET filed under Blog
Despite Right-Wing Freakout, Civilian Court Sentences Terrorist To Life In Prison
